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Kamloops Paralympic champ debuts special beer collab that benefits Canadian athletes
KAMLOOPS - Outside of professional sports, being an elite athlete doesn't guarantee financial prosperity. However, for athletes who compete for Canada at Olympic and Paralympic competitions, there are...
Feb 04, 2022
Pandemic fatigue leaves Canada in 'tricky moment', Freeland says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada is at a "tricky moment" as we near the two-year mark of a global pandemic that has left everyone tired, grouchy and grasping for signs of hope. ...
Feb 04, 2022
NASCAR bet more than $1 million to bring cars into Coliseum
LOS ANGELES (AP) - NASCAR's top stars have seen the Los Angeles Coliseum on television and they know what it looks like as a football stadium. But as a racetrack? This they had to see right away, up c...
Feb 04, 2022
B.C. reports 946 patients in hospital, 19 more deaths due to COVID
VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia say 19 more people have died due to COVID-19, bringing the total number of fatalities in the province to 2,675. In a statement Friday, the Health Minist...
Feb 04, 2022
GoFundMe pulls plug on fundraiser for Ottawa convoy protesters
OTTAWA - Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will reimburse or redirect to charities the vast majority of the more than $10 million raised by demonstrators protesting COVID-19 measures in Ottawa, saying the ev...
Feb 04, 2022
Amid pandemic progress, Interior Health reminds residents to stay vigilant
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health is looking the COVID-19 data to determine if the Interior region is over the Omicron peak. According to Medical Health Officer Dr. Carol Fenton with Interior Health, we're n...
Feb 04, 2022
Kamloops Film Festival gets ready to raise the curtain on its 25th season
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Film Festival will be back this year for its 25th anniversary.A red carpet will lead crowds to more than 25 films, followed by a closing party and exciting new food. The Kamloo...
Feb 04, 2022
B.C. COVID-19 death toll up by 19 Friday; hospitalizations down
VICTORIA - It has been another deadly day in B.C.'s battle against COVID-19.According to the Ministry of Health, 19 more people have died of the virus Friday (Feb. 4), lifting the provincial death tol...
Feb 04, 2022
Candice Bergen shakes up O'Toole's parliamentary leadership team, drops Quebec MP
OTTAWA - New Conservative Interim Leader Candice Bergen has done a clean sweep of former leader Erin O'Toole's leadership team in Parliament. Tory MPs were informed Friday of the major shakeup, which ...
Feb 04, 2022
Ottawa locals hit the streets in a 'community safety walk' amid convoy demonstration
OTTAWA - On a frosty Friday morning, a few dozen masked people gathered on the corner of Bank and Somerset Street in downtown Ottawa. The group came together to attend a community safety walk, the fir...
Feb 04, 2022
